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Blue Face at Mount Hood Meadows

Advanced · 820 m long with 272 m of vertical, averaging 18° and 32° at its steepest, facing S.

32°steepest 50 m
18°average pitch
820 mlength
272 mvertical
1992 mtop elevation
Sfaces

Snow and sun

Blue Face is equator-facing: the sunniest aspect, softens earliest and suffers most in warm spells.

Lit for night skiing.

How to get to Blue Face

Lifts that reach the top: Mount Hood Express (skiing novice terrain to get there); Blue (skiing novice terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 18 minutes, advanced skiing needed):

  1. Ride Hood River Express
  2. Ski Lady Finger (intermediate)
  3. Ski Lady Slipper (intermediate)
  4. Ski Stadium (intermediate)
  5. Ride Mount Hood Express
  6. Ski Blue Face (advanced)

Where it ends

Joins Lower Face, Jacob's Ladder. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Blue (2 min).

See Blue Face on the 3D mapAll runs at Mount Hood Meadows
Measured from OpenStreetMap geometry and elevation via OpenSkiMap (ODbL). Times are rough. Grades, grooming and openings change day to day — check the resort's own reports.